Construction is moving quickly at 626 Summit Avenue, the site of a new 29-story mixed-use tower in Jersey City. Designed by MVMK Architects for an anonymous development company, the building will contain 209 rental units, two retail suites, and office space.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 1775 Coney Island Avenue, an eight-story mixed-use building in Midwood, Brooklyn. Designed by Studio Gallos and developed by Eddie Yair, the structure yields 75 residences and 22 parking spaces. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 23 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $74,572 to $227,630.
Permits have been filed to expand a two-story structure into a four-story residential building at 805 Monroe Street in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Located between Patchen Avenue and Ralph Avenue, the interior lot is near the Kosciuszko Street subway station, serviced by the J train. Isaac Lichtman is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is complete on 2226 Third Avenue, a ten-story mixed-use building in East Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by DXA Studio Architecture and developed by Real Estate Equities Corporation, the 145-foot-tall structure yields 193,000 square feet of laboratory and medical research space that will cater to biotech start-ups, as well as 36,547 square feet for commercial use and 97,759 square feet of community facility space. REEC 3rd Ave LLC is listed as the owner, GACE Consulting Engineers was the structural engineer, ICOR Consulting Engineers was the MEP engineer, and The Rinaldi Group was the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Third Avenue and East 121st Street.
Construction has kicked off on Fischer Senior Apartments, a senior housing property at 97 West 169th Street in Highbridge, The Bronx. Designed by Shakespeare Gordon Vlado Architects and developed by West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing (WSFSSH), the structure will yield 105 homes for seniors, including 54 units for the formerly homeless. All of the units will be reserved for households 55 years and older making less than 50 percent of the area median income.
